When Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians founded Melville House 20 years ago, they had no idea their small press would eventually become one of the country’s most respected independent publishers. Yet here they are. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
The 3rd Thing, a small press in Olympia, Wash., was set up to be a “publisher of necessary alternatives,” and in that, its list delivers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
"We want to be recognised as one of the leading children’s book publishers in the industry: we want not only to be recognised, we want to be respected.” Sanjee de Silva (pictured), the new publisher at Sweet Cherry, recently named Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards, has big... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-28 22:25:53 UTC ]
Book Reviews Ghetto Heroes Square in Kraków / Photo by annaspies / Flickr Piotr Florczyk’s From the Annals of Kraków (Lynx House Press, 2020) narrates the searing realization of an almost unnoticed absence, a regret urging us to learn about... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-04-28 20:24:52 UTC ]
I set up The Middle Way Mentoring Project, a two year professional development scheme, to support early-career writers take the next step in their writing career. Through my work managing a small press I met plenty of ‘nearly there’ writers who weren’t able to take the next step. These writers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-20 21:18:59 UTC ]
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers involved in the fatal shooting, has a book deal with a small press, but its distributor, Simon & Schuster, in an unusual move, said it won’t ship it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-04-16 22:14:05 UTC ]
Eight retailers and nine small presses now are in the running for the British Book Awards' top winners' list, coming in May. The post Nibbies 2021: Bookstore, Small Press Regional and Country Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-03-17 11:28:19 UTC ]
I started querying agents for my memoir, Negative Space, in 2012, after two years of writing and revising. I got a few rounds of passes, including several friendly rejections in which agents said they just didn’t “know how to sell” my book. I heard this refrain enough times that I started... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-03-11 12:00:00 UTC ]
Late in 1942 a Buddhist monk living in Los Angeles carefully inscribed his name in a recently published book by the poet Wallace Stevens. The Buddhist monk had moved to Los Angeles from Japan a year earlier. The book was Notes Toward A Supreme Fiction, published by the Cummington Press, a small... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-03-04 09:49:49 UTC ]
All told, more than 90 small presses and independent bookshops are in the running now for the British Book Awards' annual honors. The post British Book Awards: Bookstore, Small Press Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-21 16:10:23 UTC ]
Find powerful and compelling essays on race, politics, culture, and more in this list of recent small press essay collections. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-02-17 11:38:00 UTC ]
Small Press Distribution has hired a workplace investigation and mediation firm following allegations of wage and discrimination issues by current and former employees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Martine Paulais wants her new French publishing house, L'Ourse brune, to produce 'beautiful books' of short stories. The post France: A New Small Press in Normandy Champions Short Stories appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-07 15:21:11 UTC ]
Small Press Distribution, one of the nation’s oldest distributors of independent publishers, is under fire in a widening dispute about labor conditions sparked by a former employee’s anonymous article on Medium. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
The small press industry works on a shoestring. Departments of marketing, PR, editorial and design often do not exist and instead become merged into one, with a couple of freelancers. Small presses exist for the same reason that large publishing houses do - for the love of books and in the name... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-24 19:57:10 UTC ]
A small press in Barcelona looks to expand its reach and help young readers all over the world. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
There’s no denying that this is a rough—if not catastrophic—year for many businesses, from mom-and-pop-run local eateries to huge corporations like Macy’s. But as the Washington Post noted, a national array of bookstores and readerly good-will has helped Bookshop.org raise millions for indie... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2020-10-28 11:00:00 UTC ]
Exactly zero women were included on the SDCC Small Press panel and the lack of representation showed in the comics highlighted and discussed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-08-05 10:34:00 UTC ]
ShortBox is a one-of-a-kind small press that publishes a carefully curated collection of minicomics and sends them out into the world as part of a mail-order box. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Have a quick bite of these excellent small press short story collections and anthologies sampling a wide variety of genres, themes, and perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-05 10:34:09 UTC ]